Hugh Caperton

Hugh Caperton (17 April 1781-9 February 1847) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-VA 7) from 4 March 1813 to 3 March 1815, succeeding Joseph Lewis Jr. and preceding Ballard Smith.

Biography
Hugh Caperton was born in Greenbrier County, Virginia (present-day West Virginia) in 1781, and he became a planter and merchant as a young man. In 1805, he became Monroe County Sheriff, and he served in the House of Delegates from 1810 to 1813 and from 1826 to 1830 and in the US House of Representatives from 1813 to 1815 before dying in 1847.